$8,820
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Auction: October 18, 2023 at 10 AM ET
The seated female lion with a cub at her breast, decorated in green, aubergine, yellow and blue enamels, with traces of old cold-painted red and gilding; all raised on a rectangular plinth decorated with floral reserves against a green "cracked-ice" ground with prunus blossoms, the character "Li" to the top of the plinth.
H: 17 3/4 in.
The collection of Edgar and Hedwig Worch, sold Christie's New York, June 2, 1994, lot 375 (one of two)
Acquired by the present owner from the above